Missing 57-year-old woman from Providence found dead

dir="ltr">EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. – - A 57-year-old Providence woman who had been missing since April 14 was found dead Saturday by the East Providence police in the basement of her sister’s Bourne Avenue home, according to East Providence police.

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Tatiana Pina
Posted Apr. 21, 2014 @ 3:30 pm

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. – - A 57-year-old Providence woman who had been missing since April 14 was found dead Saturday by the East Providence police in the basement of her sister’s Bourne Avenue home, according to East Providence police.

Paula Salvo, who suffered from severe side effects from Lyme disease, was reported missing to the Providence police by her mother last week. She had been last seen driving her black 2001 Volvo, which police said she had not driven for six months prior to her disappearance.

Salvo’s sister was not at her Bourne Avenue home because she was staying with her mother in Providence to comfort her about her missing daughter, according to Capt. Richard Frazier.

There did not appear to be signs of foul play in Salvo’s death according to Frazier.

Police found Salvo’s car Saturday around 10 a.m. on Ruth Avenue which is near Bourne Street, Frazier said. Through the Providence police they tracked down the sister’s address and went to the house. They found Salvo on a couch in the basement. Frazier said it appeared that Salvo had been dead about 1 or 2 days.

The medical examiner has performed an autopsy and police are waiting to get results from a toxicology report, Frazier said.